The preseason always has some weird moments. Like a quarterback wearing a linebacker's number.
The NFL has relaxed the rules on which uniform numbers players can wear, which means you'll see some defensive linemen in single digits and other oddities.Detroit Lions quarterback Teddy Bridgewater signed less than two weeks ago. When he got to camp, which has 90 players instead of the normal 53 in the regular season, he had a problem. He didn't have a number that made a lot of sense to him.
Bridgewater has worn No. 5 his entire NFL career, but running back David Montgomery has that. Dutch Clark's No. 7 is retired, taking away another option. According to the Lions' roster, No. 4 and 17 were still available, but Bridgewater went completely off the board and took No. 50. It's pretty simple, just adding a zero to the end of his favorite number. He wore No. 50 when he started for the Lions in Saturday's preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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